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Friday 19.06

    10:00
    TIFF.25

    Don't Let Me Die

    TIFF.25

    Maria wanders through a seaside town for the burial of her enigmatic neighbor Isabela. As the nights grow longer, she adopts Isabela’s dogs, meets her son, and encounters a woodcutter who is afraid of sleep.

    România, Bulgaria, France - 2025
    108 minute
    Romanian Days
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    10:00
    TIFF.25

    Sicko

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    Overwhelmed by debt, young couple Azamat and Tanshoplan hatch a desperate plan: fake a terminal illness to raise money through a viral charity campaign. But as the donations pour in and public sympathy grows, their lie spirals out of control.

    Kazakhstan - 2026
    102 minute
    Competition
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    11:30
    TIFF.25

    Romanian Shorts IV

    TIFF.25

    Plan contraplan (Shot Reverse Shot, Radu Jude & Adrian Cioflâncă, România)

    Index (Index, Radu Muntean, România)

    Cum am învățat să nu mă omor (How I Learned Not to Kill Myself, Norbert Boda, România)

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    12:00
    TIFF.25

    Titanic Ocean

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    In the scintillating, pop-infused world of a Japanese boarding school that trains teenage girls to become professional mermaids, 17-year-old Akame learns to hold her breath, perform for adoring crowds, and swim alongside sharks.

    Greece, Germany, România, France, Spain - 2026
    130 minute
    Competition
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    12:30
    TIFF.25

    Of Mud and Blood

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    Numbi, a little village hidden deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo mountains, lies nonetheless at the heart of our world. Here, with their bare hands, miners dig the coltan which will find its way – legally or otherwise – to our industrialized world.

    France, Germany - 2025
    96 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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    13:00
    TIFF.25

    The Vanishing

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    Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex starts receiving letters from the abductor.

    Netherlands, France - 1988
    106 minute
    FOCUS Netherlands
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    14:30
    TIFF.25

    Romanian Shorts III

    TIFF.25

    Blessed (Blessed, Voicu Mureșanu, România)

    Geese-y Does It! (Geese-y Does It!, Alina Rusu, România)

    Atunci când suntem împreună (When We Are Together, Alexia Drăgan, România)

    Marea finală (The Grand Final, Rareș Roșca, România)

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    14:30
    TIFF.25

    A Safe Place

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    Lucia is spending her vacation with her husband and friends in a small Bulgarian seaside village. The arrival of a mysterious man disrupts the group’s fragile harmony, while the disappearance of a local child casts an increasingly unsettling shadow over their holiday.

    România - 2025
    103 minute
    Romanian Days
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    14:45
    TIFF.25

    Memory

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    After her parents’ divorce, six-year-old Vladlena moves from Crimea to Grozny, not yet aware of the changes that lie ahead. When war breaks out in Chechnya, it deeply affects her city and family.

    France, Netherlands - 2025
    98 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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    15:00
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    Truly Naked

    This film is not suitable for children

    Alec, an introverted teenager, has always viewed life through the lens of his father’s pornography business. When they relocate from London to a sleepy seaside town, Alec hopes for a fresh start, trying to make friends without revealing his unconventional life.

    Netherlands, Belgium, France - 2026
    102 minute
    Competition
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    15:15
    Precedat de scurtmetrajul Canapeaua / The Couch

    Sorella di Clausura

    Precedat de scurtmetrajul Canapeaua / The Couch

    If you want something badly enough, the whole Universe will conspire to help you achieve it, right? Stela becomes obsessed with a famous Balkan musician after seeing him on TV. Convinced she must meet him, she gradually lets this obsession take over her entire life.

    România, Serbia, Spain, Italy - 2026
    105 minute
    Romanian Days
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    15:45
    TIFF.25

    A River's Gaze

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    Lavinia este o adevărată furtună. E impulsivă, nu se gândeşte de două ori înainte de a acţiona şi nu prea ştie să-şi arate dragostea. Dar îşi doreşte să fie o mamă bună. Visul ei de a extinde casa părintească o aruncă într-un iureş de acţiuni şi obstacole de-a lungul a patru anotimpuri.

    România, France, Slovenia - 2026
    91 minute
    Smart 7 Festival Network
    Romanian Days
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    17:00
    TIFF.25

    The Uncertainty Principle

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    Still haunted by a personal tragedy, Ticu Ionescu decides to resume his work as a physicist. When he receives the results of the latest particle collision experiment, he notices that part of the impact energy is missing. Could this prove the existence of dimensions beyond known reality?

    România - 2024
    90 minute
    Romanian Days
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    17:15
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    18 Holes to Paradise

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    During a torrid summer, a family is about to sell their land. Three women depend on what will happen to the farm, until a fire engulfs the region and, prevented from leaving, they will face the uncertainties about the future.

    Portugal, Italy, Argentina - 2025
    107 minute
    Double Takes
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    17:30
    TIFF.25

    Romanian Shorts II

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    Viitorul ți-l faci cu mâna ta, dar de ce să nu îl lași pe mâna unor specialiști? (Alexandra Schinteie, România)

    Praf (Dust, Elena Butică, România)

    Memory Pills (Memory Pills, Teodora Mihăilă & Agata Olteanu, România)

    Margini (Edges, Roberta Șerban, România)

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    17:30
    TIFF.25

    Orphan

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    1957. In Budapest, after the uprising against the Communist regime, a young Jewish boy, Andor, raised by his mother with idealized tales of his deceased father, has his world turned upside down when a brutish man appears, claiming to be his true father.

    Hungary, United Kingdom, Germany, France - 2025
    132 minute
    Hungarian Day
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    18:00
    TIFF.25

    The Whistlers

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    Cristi, a corrupt cop willing to risk everything for a 30-million-euro fortune, believes that El Silbo, the whistled language used on the Spanish island of La Gomera, is the key to uncovering where the money is hidden.

    România, France, Germany - 2019
    97 minute
    Close Up: Corneliu Porumboiu
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    18:00
    TIFF.25

    Un amour de Swann

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    A day in the life of Charles Swann, a young man admired by high society for his artistic refinement. The great passion of his life is Odette de Crécy, who sends him rushing through the fashionable Paris of the Belle Époque.

    France, - 1984
    110 minute
    Special Screenings
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    18:15
    TIFF.25

    The Circle

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    New Year’s Eve, 1999. A man is fatally shot during a hunting party. Agachi, a young investigator at the beginning of his career, is sent from the capital to determine whether it was murder or an accident. Soon, this apparently simple case turns into a test of conscience.

    România, Moldova, Republic of - 2026
    112 minute
    Romanian Days
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    19:00
    TIFF.25

    Charlotte Colace (Cuba/France/Germany)

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    Charlotte Colace is a singer and songwriter with French and Cuban roots, based in Berlin and active on the local soul and jazz scene. Her voice combines soulful sensitivity with contemporary influences, exploring themes of love, loss, and resilience.

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    19:30
    TIFF.25

    Lenin's Pawn

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    A hybrid documentary following actor Sergiu Voloc, a modern-day Don Quixote whose lonely fight against Lenin monuments across Moldova turns into an absurd confrontation with a system that rebuilds them overnight.

    România - 2026
    85 minute
    Romanian Days
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    19:30
    TIFF.25

    Catane

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    After investigations reveal an unusually high number of residents receiving disability aid in a small Romanian village, social services dispatch a team of inspectors to uncover the truth. What will they discover?

    România, Italy - 2025
    96 minute
    Romanian Days
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    19:45
    TIFF.25

    Milk Teeth

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    Romania, 1989. In a small, isolated town, ten-year-old Maria is the last person to see her sister before her mysterious disappearance. Torn apart by the loss, she struggles to make sense of a new and terrifying reality in a world on the verge of collapse.

    România, France, Denmark, Greece, Bulgaria - 2025
    104 minute
    Romanian Days
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    20:00
    TIFF.25

    Bulk

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    When an overzealous scientist pushes his experiments with string theory too far, his brane explodes. Corey Harlan is sent to find the heart of the brane and its creator Anton Chambers inside a mysterious townhouse where every door can lead to another world.

    United Kingdom - 2025
    90 minute
    No Limit
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    20:30
    TIFF.25

    Romanian Shorts I

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    Vin americanii! (The Americans Are Coming!, Valentin-Rareș Fogoroș, România)

    10 mai 1945 (May 10, 1945, Alberto Androne, România)

    Cherry Master (Cherry Master, Cosmin Nicolae, România)

    Tangent (Tangent, Cristi Păun, România)

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    20:30
    TIFF.25

    3 Days In September

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    Bianca’s world shatters when her fiancé’s mistress crashes their wedding. Reeling from shock, she flees on a tourist train, launching a real-time odyssey of chaotic escape and surreal encounters through the off-season seaside resort.

    România - 2026
    76 minute
    Double Takes
    Romanian Days
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    20:30
    TIFF.25

    On Our Own

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    In a small town in Romania, several teenagers learn how to get by without their parents, who have left the country to work abroad. Forced to grow up too soon, they form their own family in a desperate attempt to fill the void.

    România, Italy - 2026
    94 minute
    Teen Spirit
    Romanian Days
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    20:45
    TIFF.25

    Blindsight

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    45-year-old Laura has lost her memory. Accompanied by her family, she travels to Türkiye, only to find herself trapped in a reality-bending game of illusions that puts trust and personal convictions to the test, leading to hilariously irrational situations.

    România, Turkey - 2026
    91 minute
    Romanian Days
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    21:30
    Precedat de scurtmetrajele Blue Hour și Someday, a child

    10 Years in 60 Minutes

    Precedat de scurtmetrajele Blue Hour și Someday, a child

    „10 Years in 60 Minutes” is a CdFD multimedia project that brings together a selection of eight photo stories documented over the past 10 years by Petruț Călinescu, accompanied by an original soundtrack composed by Electric Brother, created from sounds recorded in the field during the documentati

    România - 2026
    59 minute
    Special Screenings
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    21:45
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    Wild Delta

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    Where the Carpathians meet the Black Sea, Europe’s largest wetland is born, a place of legendary biodiversity and countless stories. This is the unique story of a remarkable land, told through the voice of the character that makes everything possible: the water.

    România - 2026
    125 minute
    Romanian Days
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